Transfer-table for rolling-mills.



c. L. HUSTON. TRANSFER TABLE ron ROLLING mus.

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C. L. HUSTON. TBANS'FER TABLE FOB ROLLING HILLS.

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TRANSFER TABLE FOR ROLLING MILLS.

Ai'PLICATION FILED APB. 29,1905.

Patented Dec. 7, 1909.

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TRANSFER TABLE FOR ROLLING MILLS.

APPLICATION FILED APR 29 1905 Patented Dec. 7, 1909.

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0. L. HUSTON.

TRANSFER TABLE FOR ROLLING MILLS.

APPLIOATION FILED APB.29. 1905.

Patented Dec. 7, 1909.

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G. L. HUSTON.

'rmnsrnn TABLE ron ROLLING MILLS.

APPLIGAI'IOH FILED APBJQ, 1905. 942,644, Patented Dec. 7, 1909.

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CHARLES L. HUS'ION, OF COATESVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

TRANSFER-TABLE FOR ROLLING-MILLS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 29, 1905.

Serial N0. 258,073.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES L. linsroiv, a citizen of the United States, residing at Coatesville, Pennsylvania,-. have invented g -sufiicient distance apart so as to allow for;

the insertion of a transfer table E which extends from one roller table to the other;

certain Improvements in Transfer-Tables for Rolling-Mills, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in transfer tables for rolling mills by which a plate, after it has been rolled, can be transferred to the shears and given suiticient time .in its transfer to properly cool I before being cut. 7

The object of my invention is to provide a table which can be readily manipulated so as to transfer a plate from the. rolling table of the mill to the roller table of the shears, and to provide means for examining the underside of the plate while on the table. This object I attain in the following manner, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which 1*- Figure.1, is a diagram plan view of my improved transfer table for rolling mills;

Fl 2 is a. plan view of a: portion of the rolling mill end of the table; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the middle section of the table; Fig. 2, is a plan view of a portion of the shears end of the table; Fig. 3, is a longi tudinal sectional view of the table shown in Fig. 2*; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section view of the table shown in Fig. 2"; Fig. 3, is a longitudinal sectional view of the table shown in Fig. 2; Fig. 4, is a longitudinal sectional view showing the means for raising and lowering the rolling mill end of the transfer table; Fig. 5, is a longitudinal sec-' .tional view showing the gearing for operating the enchained rollers and the means for operating the lifting arms for raising the plate when it is to beexamined; Fig. 6, is an enlarged sectional viewon the line 6-6, Fig. 4; Fig. 7 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 7-7, Fig. 5; Fig. 8, is a detailed the table D are driven by a longitudinal shaft d from an engine a under the control of the operatorat a suitable point, .while the rolls 0 of the table G are geared to a longitudinal shaft 0 and are driven by'an en-' ine b. The tables C and D are spaced a The transfer table is of sufiicient size to allow the plates to cool whilebeing trans ferred from the rolling ,mill'to the shears.

Patented Dec. 2, 1909.

This transfer table is m'a'de up of two sections E and E andthe-rolling millend F of the section E extends betweenthe rolls of the table D and can be raised and lowered so that it can lift a plate offof the rolls in order that it can be moved onto the body of the transfertable, While-the shear end F of the section E extends between the rolls of the table C so that a plate can be moved from the'transfer table onto the shears table. The sections of the transfer or'eooling table are made up of-a series of frames spaced a given distance apart, upon which travel en-' chained rollers. The individual chains do not extend from one end of the table to the other but extend from one end to the center, each section E carrying a series of endless chains, the chains being driven from .a central shaft G which in turn is driven from av power shaft G. geared to anengine Gr under the control of the operator.

H is the lifting mechanism consisting of-a shaft and a series of arms with mechanism for} turning the shaftfso that the arms can .be raised. By this 'constructionthe plates can be raised oif of the rollers of the table 'and the underside of the plate inspected be-' fore it is sheared and whil'e still undergoing half of'the transfer table I the cooling process. 'I preferably provide a latform r on one or the men to Walk upon when marking ofi the plates for shearing and while examining I the plates.

It will be'noticed in the diagram thatjthe in the present instance, 1, 2 and 3, so that in fact there are several independent cooling tables arranged side'by side and the mechanism is so constructed that the mechanism of any one of the tables can be operated without operating the others, or the mechanism of the several tables can be driven in unison. By this construction it will be seen that if short plates are being rolled only one section at a time may receive the plates, the roller table I) of the mill being driven f0r- 'ioo table is divided into three longitudinal parts, 5

4'0 f moved Y wardor reversed so that the plate can be .moved in line with any of the several secdeparting from my invention. I

the operation 7 tions of the cooling table, and then by lifting the end of the cooling table the plate can be I will givea brief outline of of the table. The finished latepasses from the mill A onto the roller-ta le D, then when v or transfer table the'endportion F of one 0t Y the parts is raised at the same/time the enchained rollers are set in-niotion so that the.

it is wished to transfen itontdthe coolin v piate is lifted off the roll-s d and the chains V .lpversely from thetroller will rest .uponythe rollers of the transfer Ftable E. The mechanism for operating the ing drivenwill 'carry,the fplatetrans table and otheplate enchainedv rollers can then be stoppedatany point desired until another plate, is ready to e-transferred. When the plates pass the f center of the cooling table they can be -exam-' can readily examinegthe"imdersidesaof-thei" After, the examination :isfmade' tlie'g" lowered and allowedto. 'again' traveli When the splate ortion F; of the tablethis so. that the plate will be position directly above'fthe .plate is over the transfer table.

I portion is raise transferred to a .rolls 0 of the rollertablelfc then the end portion is depressed so -that the platerwil'l roller, and can be- .f or ward a.-toward the shears by". 'gthrowing in. the drivingjmeclianism of the; Ysaidhwlls. -q

ards e of-the section- E, 'tion' being ined. The plates are carried over thearr'ns of the liftlng mechanism,

plate.

reaches the end -rest directly upon the The above will give ageneralideaolithe" operation of the mechanism.

1 will'describe the construction of "sists' o -a 'series [of longitudinal beams cf A mounted on standards e carried by. suitable jfoundations, as illustrated in Figs. 33%? and 3. These longitudinal" beams are"; damn;

tinned at the center, as shown'inFigfi y as.

2 the table. isjdivided into two 'parts E' E as'illu'strated in the diagram,Fig1-;1-.v The portion-F is pivotedatj to the endstandbuilt to carry this part, of the structure. The portion F consistsof a series of arms f which extend between the rolls d of the roller table D, as clearly'illustrated'inFig. 2. connected by a rod f to an'armf on a rock shaft f and on this rockshafti's anarm f attached to a connecting rod f",which in turn a suitable "foundry 1' Each of these ,1 arms is 4 table.-'

I which lifts a plate andturnsitto such an angle that'fthe inspector form so that when the plunger is force "arms f It will be noticed that the rollers z" extend;

above the links of the chain so that the plate is not' supported by'thelchain but by the" rollers as indicated'in Fig. 4; in which m 5 transfer ,table.

' 'plate from it attached to a cross head f of a plunger f mounted in the hydraulic .cylinder F which can be manipulated from the operatorsgilat- I out the rock shaft 1" willbe turned and the end portion F of thetable will be raised. 'By

reversing the mechanism the arms will be depressed so that the end portion F will be below the. upper surface of the rolls (1.

I is an endless chain consisting of a series of links pivoted together'ati,andmounted on these pivots are the rollers 11 flanged in the vpresent instance, the rollers being ofi such a width that the flanges will extend on each side of the beams e and arms f','retain-v ing'the chain in proper position' upon the sprocket wheel J on the central shaft G and around sprocket whelsjJ carried by .the' of 'the end-portion F of the table.

represents a rolled Yplatemoiintedbn, the

.B'y 't i one sect-ion of the transfer. table to, the p J- other without interferingy'with the 'rateof travel, I preferably depressthe shaft upon which the sprocket wheels are mounted, so thatthe rollers which are prevented-from V turning by engagement with the sprocket wheel,'.' will not come in contact; with the; p

plate. 2

The-

as gamesrd wiiiiigttih e s' the t e tablelE onto the shear roller The chain passes around a driving smeansl amenabled a to reduce the speedfof travel oaths. chain as the rollers 21 rest uponjthe 'bea n'sfandthej plate rests upon the flanges of therollers, sothat owing to this construction the' plate will; "travel at a. speed, 'considerablyl; faster than hechain; Furthermore; I, considerably I'eqdu'ce the-friction by the use of the rollers, as whereachain-slides upon-,thebeamand car- Y dies-the dead weight of :aplate the beams have to be keptconstantly lubricated which is adiflicult matter owingto'the fact that; the plates are very" hotwhile still on the a transfer table and it is impossible .toikeep -the beams properly lubricated.

In order'to allow the plates to freelypasS:

table C is 'constructed'inf a-jm'anner simila'r' to the end portion-F being pivoted at gand having arms 9 which" extendi-between ftheJjl rolls a and carry sprocket wheelskJ attheir ends around which pass the chains T which are provided with rollers similar'f to the chains I. The chains I travelon the beams of" the section E of the table and pass around driving sprocket -wheels J on the shaft G, as clearly illustrated in Fig 2".

The arms ofthe endportion F' are com. '1

nected by rods 9 to arms g on a rock'shaft g on which is an arm g to which'is at tached a connecting rod 9 coupled to a cross I end ofthe table. I necessary adjustment is provided for.-

i There is a shaft Gr, for-each part of the transfer table- As shown on-each, shaft G in a; worm wheel .1 which meshes with the [125 worm n on the shaft'n having at itsop Q There isa clutch f the table, and the clutch lever g for throwing theiclutchinto and. out

' engage the v 6 plate following the one to 942,644 g I. a .l

10 be'in' position to be transferred to the shears.

In order to compensate for any wear 0 the. chains provide means for adjusting the sections F and F toward and from the cen- ,tral fixed section of the table. In the pres- 1aent instance the block carrying the pivot is arranged to slide in suitable bearings in'the 4 l endstandard e of the frame Eand setscrews care provided for adjustin the block, similar .set screws are provide at the opposite Byythis means all the osite end a bevel wheel a which meshes :with the bevel wheel-mloose on the power shaft G, on: the hub of the .wheelm'is a clutch face with which cane'ngage th $30.. of -a clutch .N Y splined to the e face shaft. The shaft G isfdrive'rr by aymotorGr?indicated- 51in the diagram Fig 1; 1

for eachdivision 'of of action is connected to lanoperating arm. at apoint within easy .access of the operator, sothatof the sections into hecan throw any one When it .is

i earfwith. the driving shaft.

40 esiredto reverse the'direction of movement of the chains, all that is necessary is to re- ]verse the engine when, all the chains will travel in the reverse run 'of each chain 1 is carried by a rail 6 and the return run of each chainl' is carried by a rail 6 The lifting mechanism is constructed as follows :-Referring to Figs. 2", 3 and 5, His: the lifting mechanism. H is a shaft mounted inibearings it, carried by a suitable foundation and secured to the shaft is aseries of arms H spaced a sufficient distance apart so that two or more of the arms will plate, arranged preferably in close proximity to the beams e of the table. Each arm H is shaped to form an undercut throat 72. so that when the arm is turned as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 5, the arms will not interfere with the position of a be examined as the arm when raised can extend over the succeeding plate. On the shaft is a toothed segment it with which engages a rack is carried by a plunger K arranged to travel in 6 the hydraulic cylinder K. A brace ,be clear of the rollers of the elevated and the .chain' can not interfere with t e "movement reversed and when the I plate;

"that I can transfer'a plate as it comes from direction. The return* mam ongthis transfer tableand then move roller table infline with the shears so that it can be directed to the shears and extends from the cylinder to the bearings of the shaft. 1 T

On operating .the mechanism the plunger K is forced out, causin the shafts H to rock and the arms whic 1 are normally be- 70 low the upper surface of the rollers of the chain are turned up into a position at an angle in respect to the face of the table, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 5. If a late is on the table directly above the'arms when they are" operated they will carry the plate up with them to such an angle that the underside of the plate can be examined by the operator. A,heel h is formed on each arm, which acts as a stop for the plate when itis elevated,.so that the;plate will chain when be operated while the plate is'elevated. f The stop does ,of the 35 asthe arms are plate or chain in any sense i on the shear sideof the shaftLH".

The machine is arranged sd ibat' fthe directionof movement of theehams can be raised the arms are raisedfirst' a suiiicient distance so as to allow the heel h" to extend a between two plates and thenfthe mechan .lSIIl is preferably reversed so as to movethe which is directly above 5 the armiesagainst the heel, thus when the arm israised theplate will not slide on the arm 'and strike the heel. u I i l Thefshaft carrying the sprocket wheel need not be absolutely at the center of the.

.t-able'Eas itmay be shifted to a point on .either side ofthe center dc ending upon the lay out and size of the tab e. I

It'will be seen by the above mechanism the-rolling mill directly onto the rolling milltable and thenshift it onto'the transfer or cooling jt'able allowing the plate to :rep tablefor any length of time desired," examine theplate while on the it onto the cut to .2 the proper size. 1 p In Fig. 9, I have shown 'a' modification of the lay-out of the tablein which a re-transfer sectionis shown. In this instance there is a shear table in direct line with the roll ing mill table, but driven independently a thereof. There is a shear table at one side as in Fig. 1', and there are two separate transfer tables one entirely independent of the other. The shear table at one side may be simply a longitudinal transfer table, in some instances, and when this lay-out is usedI preferably use two shears, so that if necessity requires both shears can be operated to cut plates from one rollin mill. In this instance the plates are move from the mill to its roller table I) and then arms H -a're' to be ad I f '1. The combination of a rolling mill table,.

"sented to the shearing machine instances, in light plates, it may not be necessary to use the transfer tables at the side, and 111 this case the plates can be moved directly from the rolling mill table D to the shear table 0, which is in line with the rolling mill table.

I claim as my invention ashears table, a transfer table between the two, endless carriers on the transfer table for moving a plate from the rolling mill table to the shears table, and means placed between said carriers for elevating the plate while on the transfer table so that the underside of the plate can be examined, said I means being lndependent of and normally below the carriers.

2. The combinatlon 111 a transfer table, of

chains arranged to travel on said. table,

means for drivmg said chains, a. shaft.

mounted below the surface of the table, arms on the said shaft arranged to .be projectedthrough the table when the shaft is turned so as to lift a plate off the chains.

'3. The combination of two parallel roller tables spaced apart, a transfer table mounted elevated, in order that thechains can be opbetween the two roller tables, endless chains arranged to travel on the transfer table,

means for driving the chains, a shaft situated below the surface of the table, arms on i said shaft, heels on the arms, means for op =erating the shaft whereby the arms will lift :the plate oil the table, the heels acting as a stop for the plate and being placed so that the plate will be clear of the chains when erated while the plate is in the elevated position.

4. The combination in a transfer table, of

chains arranged to travel on said table,

means for driving said chains, reverse mechanism for reversing the direction of movethe direction of movementlof the chains, a

shaft situated below the surface of the table, arms on said shaft, heels on the arms, the

mechanism the plate can be-brough-t against .to lift'the plate as the chains.

and between the rolls thereof, but stopping below'the' surface of the rolls, a d'ri'ving low the inner side frames of each roller table.

.WI'LL. A. BARR, J 0s. H. KLEIN.

-6'. The combination of two parallel roller tables situated some distance apart, each' table having side frames, means for drivingfl the rollers of the table, said means being sit- 5 ,uatedalong the outer frames of said tables, with a transfer table extending from one. roller table to the other, said transfer table having arms projecting into the roller tables.

In testimony whereof, I have signed'iny H 7 mechanism being so arranged that the heel-t can be projected above the surface of thetable after a plate has traversed over' that 7 portion of. the table and on reversing the 1' the heel, after which the arms can be raised,

short of the outer frames of the tabl'egjmeans for raising and lowering the armsso .asfto f :bring them above thesiirface of the-rolldor 3 shaft midway between the ends of the'trans .fer table, two sets of endless roller, chains on, the. table, one set, of chains arrange' 'l ,-f to travelover one portion .of the transfer table and around sprocket wheels onfthe drivin shaft,'and the other set arranged to trave over the: other portion of the table} and j around sprocket wheels on the driving shaft, the-endless chains extending above and 'be- 

